Conceptualizing Victory Anew: Revisiting U.S. Law, Doctrine, and Policy for War and Its Aftermath

Abstract

As we lick our many wounds and salvage what we can from our costly and confused wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, it is urgent that we address the intellectual errors that paved the way for our lack of success, lest we risk under performing in future military endeavors as well. This article introduces four strategic "reframes" of our postmodern conceptualization of warfare that are needed to restore the effectiveness the American military was accustomed to through World War II. The goal is not to rehash the sins of the past few wars, which have been amply exposed in numerous writings, but to illuminate a path forward.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA536587

Entities

People

  • Stephen L. Melton

Organizations

  • National Defense University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Combatant Commanders
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of State
  • Doctrine
  • Governments
  • Law
  • Military Forces (Foreign)
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • National Security
  • Second World War
  • Security
  • Stability Operations
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States Central Command
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Systems Analysis and Design